Pin-tongue for cuff-pins.



'W. W. WILLIAMS. PIN TONGUE FOR CUFF PINS.- APPLIUATION FILEDDEO.1,1911. 1,086,430.. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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PIN TONGUE FOR CUFF PINS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.1,1911.

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Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

WADE W. WILLIAMS, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

PIN-TONGUE FGR CUFF-PINS.

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Application filed December 1, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, W'Ann W. VILLIAMS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pin- Tongues for Cuff-Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to the pin tongues of cuff pins, brooches and othersimilar articles, and the details of their construction as specified inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings like reference letters indicate like parts,and exhibit my improved pin tongue as combined with a cuff pin such asis shown and described in my application for Letters Patent filed at thesame time as this application being Se rial No. 663,377.

Figure l is a top plan view of the cupped blank from which said cuff pinis made. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said blank. F 8 is a top planView of the blank after the terminals thereof have been formed, one ofthem into a pin catch and the other of them into a hinge member. Fig. 4is a. front elevation of the blank bent and shaped as shown in Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the completed pin catch. Fig. 6 is a viewin side elevation of the combined pin tongue, presser foot andintermediate coil, all in one piece of tempered stock, constituting thesubject matter of my present invention and application for LettersPatent. Fig. 7 is the same as Fig. 6, except that the presser foot isrepresented as formed into a series of alternately directed lateralbends. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the presser foot so bent and shaped.Fig. 9 is a much enlarged View in cross section on line 00 a of Fig. 7,showing the pin tongue and a hammered gold covering thereon. Fig. 10 isa top plan View of said cufi pin with said presser foot in bearingposit-ion within the body portion or shell of the cuff pin. Fig. 11 isfront elevation of said cuff pin, with the pin tongue engaged in the pincatch, and the presser foot and coil shown in dotted lines. Fig. 12 is afront elevation of the hinge-member in its Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 10,1914. Serial No. 663,378.

final form. Fig. 13 is a rear elevation of the hinge-member in its finalform. Fig. 14 is a view in elevation of the pin tongue, presser foot andcoil in posit-ion within the hinge-member, the cuff pin body portionbeing seen on section line 2 e of Fig. 12, or Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is afront elevation of the cuff pin when the pin tongue is in its normal oropen position. Fig. 16 is a view, partly in elevation and partly incentral longitudinal section, showing said cuff pin provided with alining plate to cover, protect and conceal the presser foot.

The cuff pin shown in the drawings has a cupped blank, comprising abottom a and concavo-convex flanges Z) Z), on two opposite sides, whichflare somewhat, the line indi cating the boundary of the bottom a. Theblank has two terminals 0 and (Z. The terminal c has the general outlineof an opened fan, as shown in Fig. 1, and the terminal d has the generaloutline of a maple key. The terminals 0 and (Z are bent up to lieparallel with each other in planes substantially at right angles totheir former position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 at 11 and d,respectively. The bent up terminal 0 is then curved into a hood shape,the edge It being brought into contact with the adjacent edge of theflange 6, and the edge 2' being brought into proximity with the edge ofthe opposite flange 6, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. The bent-upterminal d is then bent into a U-shape at m with the branches in and Zextending parallel with the longitudinal diameter of the cuff pin body,as represented in Fig. 3, but the edge a is at first angularly inclinedto the adjacentportion of the edge of the flange 79, as seen in Fig. i.

The pin tongue A, presser foot B and intermediate coil 0 are made in onepiece of tempered stock, preferably steel wire.

The shaft of the pin tongue is designated A and has a pointed end 0. AtC there is formed an integral coil, preferably of one and one-halfturns, arranged spirally in lateral contact, as seen in Figs. 10 and14;.

The presser foot B is bent into a series of alternately directed lateralbends p, p, p,

p, p, as shown in Fig. 7 but most plainly in Figs. 8 and 10.

By means of pliers or other suitable tool, pressure is produced upon theangularlybent presser foot at the places and in the directions indicatedby the arrows g g in Fig. 8. The immediate result of this tool pressureis to compress the bends p p p at the center of the series and make themapproach one another, thus shortening the presser foot B and putting itunder increased spring tension. lVhile the presser foot B is so held bythe tool and is thus shortened, it is inserted inside the body portionof the cuff pin, the coil G being placed inside the hingemember 70 Z,and the opposite end being placed within the pin catch. h g 2'. Thepliers or tool being then loosened, the presser foot B, by itslongitudinal spring-expansion, resumes its normal length, and the coil Cis pressed endwise into a close spring-bearing contact with the innersurface of the U-bend m of the hinge-member is Z m, and the free end ofthe presser foot is, at the same time, pressed endwise into a close,spring-bearing contact with the adjacent inner surface of the bodyport-ion or shell beneath the pin catch. To insure this spring action itis necessary that the length of the crimped or crinkled presser foot Bshould exceed in length (from said end to the outer edge of the coil C)the distance from the inner concave surface of the pin catch to theinner concave surface of the bend m of the hingemember, so that thepresser foot shall exert a spring end-thrust against said surface of thepin catch, and a simultaneous spring end-thrust of the outer edge of thecoil C against said surface of the bend m of the hinge-member. Theseend-thrusts hold the presser foot B firmly in position under asufiicient degree of spring tension, and the curves p-p lie in slidingcontact with the inner surface of each of the flanges b, as illustratedin Fig. 10. When the coil C has been so placed between the sides 70 Z ofthe hinge-member, the neck of the hinge-member at m is bent further sothat the edge it comes substantially into contact with the edge of theadjacent flange b, as seen in Figs. 11, 12 and 14:, and the part 70 ofthe hinge-member extends down, on one side thereof, between the pintongue A and coil C, and on its opposite side against the inner surfaceof the adjacent portion of the flange b of the cuff pin body, and thuswedges the coil securely in place within the hinge-member. In thismanner the usual pivot for the pin tongue is dispensed with, but the pintongue is allowed a limited line of oscillation. The free end 0 of thepin tongue can be sprung into engagement with the pin catch by insertingsaid end through the slot f, whereupon, when released, the pin tongue,

by its own resilience, but especially by that of the coil C, moves intoforcible contact with the inner surface of the hooded pin catch, as seenin Figs. 11 and 15.

If desired, the end of the presser foot B may be fastened in place,within the pin catch, by solder s, as indicated in Figs. 10 and 11. Ifit is desired to cover the presser foot B within the cuff pin body toconceal and protect it from lint or foreign substances, or to preventthe entanglement thereof with the fabric or lace of the garment, thelining plate t may be used, and the flange Z), being made wider for thatpurpose, is turned over upon it, as seen at u in Fig. 15.

In Fig. 9 is shown the pin tongue in cross section, which is made ofsteel wire, or other tempered metal, designated therein as w, andcovered by a layer of gold marked o. This covering is placed thereon byelectro-deposit, but is compacted by hammering or swaging to make itmore durable to withstand repeated use.

The lateral bends 79 7) of the presser foot or other equivalent sideextension thereof are useful to preventall tendencies of the presserfoot to rock sidewise, by which movement, if not prevented, the presserfoot might be displaced or its functions impaired.

It is evident that if the presser foot is not bent, crinkled, orcrimped, as shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 10, but is left in its originalform, shown in Fig. 6, it will perform the same spring-action and causethe same end-thrusts as already described and for the same purpose,provided, however, that the length of said presser foot and coiltogether is longer than the distance between the inner surface of thepin catch and the inner surface of the U-bend of the hinge-member, sothat the presser foot must be bowed or put under spring tension when itabuts the said surface of the pin catch, and the coil abuts the saidsurface of the hingemember.

The pin tongue is normally in the extended or open position shown inFigs. 6 and 7. This is caused by the normal expansion of the coil C.When the pin tongue is brought into the closed position, illustrated inFigs. 11 and 16, the coil C is put under increased tension so that thepointed end of the pin tongue is forcibly engaged with the pin catch.

1 claim as a novel and useful invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent:

1. In a cuff pin, the combination of a tempered pin tongue having a coiland a laterally bent presser foot, a free end upon said presser footextending in substantial alinement with the adjacent portion of saidcoil, a pin catch having a U-shaped closed outer end and adapted toengage the point of the pin tongue, and a hinge member having a Loeaasoll-shaped closed outer end and two opposite flat sides in which hingemember the coil is mounted with the two flat sides of the coil incontact with. the flat sides of the hinge member, respectively, thenormal length of said presser foot before assembling and of the coiltogether being longer than the distance between said ill-bends againstwhich they respectively abut, in their compressed position.

2. A pin having a longitudinal compressible presser foot and an integralcoil and tongue, all in one piece of tempered metal; and a cuff pin bodyto receive the pin having at each of its two opposite ends an abutn'ientupon its inner surface, the distance between which abutments is lessthan the normal length of said combined presser foot and coil, saidpresser foot being insertible between said abutments while it islongitudinally compressed, but when relieved of pressure beingautomatically extensible by its own longitudinal spring expansion intoholding contact at one end with one of said abutments and therebysimultaneously capable of forcing the outer edge of the coil intoholding contact with the other abutment.

3. The combination of a pin tongue, a presser foot and intermediatecoil, all integral and made of one piece of tempered stock, said presserfoot being provided with laterally extending bends oppositely directed;and a cuff pin body havin lateral flanges whcrewith the tips of said lateral bends are in sliding contact, and also having means for confiningin position thereon the presser feet at one end of said body and othermeans for confining in posi tion thereon the said coil at the oppositeend of said bOC y.

i. In a cuff pin, the combination of a body-portion, a d-shaped hingemember integral with the body-portion, a combined pin tongue, coil and abent compressible presser foot, all integral and made of spring metal, alJ-shaped pin catch with which thpointed end of the pin tongue isengageable, said coil being in spring contact endwise with he ti -bendof the hinge member for an abutment and the outer end of the presserfoot being in spring contact endwise with the end wall of the pin bodybeneath the pin catch for an abutment, the normal length of the presserfoot before assembling and of the coil together exceeding the distancebetween said two abutments.

In a cuff pin, the combination of a body portion having two abutinentsat the two opposite ends thereof, respectively, a pointed pintongue, abent compressible presser foot extending lengthwise of the body portion,a coil. between the pin tongue and presser foot, which pin tongue,presser foot and coil are made of one piece of tempered metal, a pincatch with which the point of the pin tongue is eugageable, and a hingemember within which the coil mounted, said coil and presser foot beingrespectively in spring contactendwise with said two abut-monts but beingwhen normally extended longer than the distance between said twoabutments.

G. In a cuff pin, the combination of a pin tongue; a presser footextending in one plane and formed with a series of lateral bends midwayits ends; a coil intermediate the pin tongue and presser foot, said pintongue, coil and presser foot being made of one piece of tempered wire;a body portion; having at one end an integral pin catch and at theopposite end two oppositely' arranged hinge members which are integralwith the body portion and bent to extend parallel to each other and tolie in forcible supporting contact against the fiat surfaces of saidcoil and partially to overlie tie outer edges of said coil, with whichpin catch the point of the pin tongue is engageable and beneath whichpin catch the presser foot is in spring contact with the adjacent innersurface of the body portion, said presser foot having a series ofoppositelyarranged lateral bends whose alternate outer tips are insliding contact with the inner surfaces of the body portion against thevo opposite sides respectively of the body portion between the two saidends thereof.

7. In a cult pin, the combination of a body portion. a combined pintongue, coil and bent compressible presser foot made in one piece oftempered metal, a pin catch with which the free end of the pin tongue isen gageable, a hinge member with which said coil is engageable, meansfor supporting said coil and presser foot within the body portion fromlateral displacement, and means comprising two abutments at or near thetwo opposite ends of the body portion and adapted to support againstlongitudinal eX- pansion, said coil and presser foot while said presserfoot is in a bent compressed condition, said coil and presser foottogether in their normal condition being longer than the distancebetween said two abutments.

8. in a cuff pin, the combination of a body-portion, a pin tongue, acoil and com pressible presser foot made of one piece of tempered metaland integral with the tongue, a pin catch witii which the free end ofthe pin tongue is engagcable, a hinge member with which the coil isengageable, one end of the presser foot. being in sprin contact with theadjacent inner surface or the body-portion beneath the pin catch, saidpresser foot ha ing a series of oppositelyarranged lateral. bends whosealternate outer tips are in contact with the opposite inner surfaces ofthe sides of the body-portion.

9. In a cufi pin, the combination of a said body-portion and resilientlymaintained body-portion, a pin catch, a hinge member, between said catchand hinge member. it a pin tongue having a pointed end which is Intestimony whereof I aflix my signaengageable with the pin catch andmounted ture in presence of two Witnesses. at its opposite end in thehinge member and XVADE XV. .VILLIAli/IS. capable of a limitedoscillation therein, a Witnesses: compressible M-sheped presser footsecured WARREN R. Pnnon, to the pin tongue and flatly engaging WithinANNIE E. Pnncn.

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